Coastal Bend school notes: 10.29.12

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Six fifth grade classes from Gloria Hicks Elementary and teachers April Atkinson, Jennifer Lindsey, Gina Diaz, Melissa Javed, Elizabeth Venegas and Eunice Salazar attended the 2012 Capitol Red Ribbon Rally on the grounds of the capitol building Oct. 18 in Austin. The students and teachers took a pledge to commit to staying drug free and make the right choices in life.

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The SERCO of Texas Community Youth Development Program at Carroll High School hosted an Anti-Bullying Program Oct. 3 to help students learn strategies to deal with bullying. More than 80 students dropped in to hear the presentation led by Army personnel in recognition of October as Anti-Bullying month.

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The Tuloso-Midway Independent School District's Fine Arts for the Cure T-shirt Day was Oct. 18. Fine Arts students (band, choir, theater, and art) from the Tuloso-Midway High School and Middle School, along with staff and faculty purchased the Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirt. Proceeds from the shirt will be donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. More than 325 T-shirts were sold throughout the district, raising more than $1,000 for the foundation. The idea was a concept by choir director Guadalupe Rivera Jr. and band director Raymond Chapa.

CORPUS CHRISTI - SERCO of Texas Community Youth Development Program students at Moody and Carroll High Schools participated in the Breast Cancer Awareness Walk Oct. 20.

The program's youth also helped stuff bags for the annual Walk-N-Roll Celebration as well as participated in the walk in recognition of Disability Awareness Month. The program's youth participate in monthly community service projects as part of the program's leadership development component.

Sixty-seven students from Fadden McKeown Chambliss Elementary in Beeville visited The University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas Oct. 25.

This was the first time many of these students have been to the coast. The group boarded the R/V KATY, where they saw many marine species up close and personal as they participated in marine trawls and plankton tows. Students also visited the laboratory to analyze mud samples and took a tour of the Wetlands. The trip was sponsored by a grant from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation.

Seven local students from Collegiate High School won first and second place in the Tex Elects High School Essay Contest, as well as first and second place in the Tex Elects High School Public Service Announcement Contest. The students were sponsored by their teacher Sonia Noyola.